BDN publishes article by Ph.D. students on importance of vernal pools
The Bangor Daily News published an article on the importance of vernal pools by Zachary Wood and Jared Homola, Ph.D. students in the Ecology and Environmental Sciences Program at the University of Maine. In the article, titled “Why these pools in the forest are more important than you may think,” the students write that the effects of vernal pools on the surrounding forest are seen long after the pools disappear, with the insects and amphibians that emerge from the water in the spring providing food for other animals into the fall. “While they may be small in stature and in time, vernal pools can nourish the senses in the spring and the forest through the year,” they wrote.